Offerings to the Monks

They are collecting food for the day from locals...they just kept coming...! (Adam was very tempted to join the line!)

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South through Laos - Luang Prabang/Vang Vieng/Vientiane

April 3rd 2008
Saturday 29th was an early start - up at 5am. We were outisde Wat Xieng Thong temple at 6am, waiting for the monks to appear. Each morning an offering to the monks is performed here. People line the streets and all the monks walk down along collecting food for the day from the locals and a few tourists that join in, this is the monks food for the day. There was hundreds of monks all with little fo ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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